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SOCIALISM!!!! Sending out $1,000 checks for SITTING AROUND!!!!! (Original Post) lindysalsagal Mar 2020 OP
Hey! I'll take it. TreasonousBastard Mar 2020 #1
It is hush money Under The Radar Mar 2020 #2
A $1K per person check won't do shit. Aid needs to be TARGETED to suffering industries/workers. kysrsoze Mar 2020 #3
Romney Tink41 Mar 2020 #10
IOKIYAR JHB Mar 2020 #4
Meanwhile, in Norway... LudwigPastorius Mar 2020 #5
I hope we are. Laelth Mar 2020 #6
Its our money they're handing out duforsure Mar 2020 #7
I figured out what's with the grand and not much ever more.... read within... Brainfodder Mar 2020 #8
I could certainly use it and much better than a payroll tax cut.. mvd Mar 2020 #9

LudwigPastorius

(9,155 posts)
5. Meanwhile, in Norway...
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:15 PM
Mar 2020
Here in Norway, all concerts etc. were shut down from last Wednesday. No gigs, no gatherings, no pubs, no restaurants (only take-away), no schools. Only some stores are open. This means no income at all, just over night. But, we got some good news yesterday morning. The Government decided to give all musicians (and other freelancers) 80% of their average income for the last three years (up to a limit) from day 17 after the first cancellation. That's why we pay taxes, folks.


This was posted today by a professional freelance musician.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
6. I hope we are.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:20 PM
Mar 2020

I agree with the basic premise, however, that America’s clan robes come out too often for comfort.

-Laelth

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
7. Its our money they're handing out
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:31 PM
Mar 2020

So who would you rather see get the money, the people or the wealthy people like they did last time they gave it to banks who held onto it for themselves instead of spending it and helping the economy?

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
8. I figured out what's with the grand and not much ever more.... read within...
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:41 PM
Mar 2020

The rich fear HYPERINFLATION!

That's how you correct this world from the greedy among us.

THE END.

In reality, give us each 5 million, then you see GOOD change.

5M you say? Yeah...

WHY?

Most everyone gets to pay off their.....

EVIL keeping ya down DEBTS!: Mortgages, college, credit cards, all of them 00000'd!

Imagine all of us with no debts!

This is numbers in accounts, NOT us getting pallets of hundreds delivered to your door.

Levels out the playing field for ALL!

Lots will be left over for whatever you want!

Only the already rich will whine? Shouldn't pay any attention to it! They get the 5M too!

Goodbye the current barely getting by BS pay that you morons accept and why it stays so fucking low & why people in general are miserable living paycheck to paycheck with nothing but credit cards for even mild level emergencies.

Look at all the businesses taking advantage of it, it's so fucking gross!

People need to wake the hell up!

I'm broken, I know stuff, good luck!



Spout off, you know stuff too!



So now when you hear $1000 check, that's embarrassing little, and they know it!
Let them know you know it!?!










mvd

(65,174 posts)
9. I could certainly use it and much better than a payroll tax cut..
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:13 PM
Mar 2020

but that certainly won’t solve everything. We need expansions on what the Democrats have proposed. They are very important. And a UBI is useless if it is the libertarian version.

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